American
From: Clell "E." Wright "Jr."
Subject: Compilation: American Repertoire
Date: Wed, 13 May 98 11:08:51 PDT
Dear Listers,
First of all, my sincere thanks to all who responded to my post
for American repertoire suggestions. I received some excellent
recommendations. I also rightly received several gentle
reminders concerning my incorrect spelling of Aaron
Copland s name (a result of fast fingers and a slow brain - but
still no excuse). Thank you.
Several responders suggested I look into works by women
composers. This is an excellent suggestion and I am ashamed
to admit that it had not even occured to me that my short list
did not include any. I shall endeavor to change that. It was
also mentioned that E.C. Schirmer is an excellent resource for
American composers. Also, a couple of responders mentioned
that I should consider some Jazz selections - since this is truly
an American idiom. That, also is a great suggestion.
In compiling the responses, I will list composers names that
were mentioned without any reference to a particular work first.
Next I will list specific arrangements of folk songs, hymn
tunes, etc. Some of these came with last name only, and I m
sorry to say I m not familiar enough with them to know their
first name. Lastly I will list specific original compositions by
composer.
As a reminder, I had asked for anthem length, a cappella works.
The following compilation includes all those mentioned by
responders as well as those I had already selected as part of
the program.
Thanks to Greg Wheatley, David Griggs-Janower, Chris Johns,
Kevin Kelly, Jonathan Veenker, Iris Levine, Susan Onderdonk,
Bill Voetberg, Martha Springstead, Karen Thomas, Mark
Gresham, and Gordon King, James Green, Philip Seawell, and
Jo Scheier for their responses (I inadvertantly deleted a couple
of responses into oblivion, so if I have not incuded your name
and suggestion, I deeply apologise.
GENERAL LISTING OF COMPOSERS: Amy Marcy Beach,
John Bertalot, Rene Clausen, Richard Delong, Emma Lou
Diemer, Frank Ferko, Vivian Fine, Dan Gawthrop, George
Gershwin Miriam Gideon, Jester Hairston, Moses Hogan,
David Hurd, Libby Larsen, Gerald Near, Leo Nestor, Ruth
Crawford Seeger, Louise Talma, Joan Tower, Gwyneth Walker,
Judith Weir, Phyllis Zimmerman, Ellen Taafe Zwilich,
SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENTS LISTED BY COMPOSER:
Chilcott Simple Gifts
Dawson, William Ain a That Good News
Ezekial Saw the Wheel
There Is a Balm
(or any other of a thousand pieces)
Erb, James Shenandoah
Greshem, Mark Steal Away
Jesus, Born in Bethle m
Heniger The Cockoo
Hopkins, James Five American Hymn Tunes
Larkin, Michael Somebody s Knockin
Nestor, Leo Three American Hymn Tunes
Motets on Plainsong Themes
Rorate caeli
Jesus dulcis memoria
Parker, Alice/Shaw, Robert Bright Canaan
Bring a Torch (although this is a
French Carol)
Garden Hymn
His Voice As the Sound
I Will Arise
Wondrous Love
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride?
Same Train
(or any of a thousand pieces)
Smith, Gregg Blow the Candles Out
Thomas, Karen Deep River
Thomson, Virgil My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
LISTING OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS BY COMPOSER:
Barber, Samuel Three Reincarnations
Sure on this Shining Night
Under the Willow Tree
Berkey, Jackson Tenting Tonight
Beveridge, Thomas O Cool is the Valley Now
Billings, William David s Lamentation
Easter Anthem
I Am the Rose of Sharon
Judea
Kittery
Modern Music
The Bird
When Jesus Wept
Chester
Invocation
Bissell, Claude Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Sky
Conte, David Cantate Domino
Copland, Aaron An Immorality
Four Motets
Ching a Ring Chaw
Boatman s Dance
The Promise of Living
Younger Generation
Dello Joio, Norman A Jubilant Song
Diamond, David Three Settings of Poems by James
Joyce
Diemer, Emma Lou Alleluia
Three Madrigals
Dirksen, Richard Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart
Fetler, Paul Wild Swans
Fine, Irving Father William
Have You Seen the White Lily Grow?
The Choral New Yorker (entire set)
The Lobster Quadrille
Fissinger, Edwin Lux Aeterna
Frankenpohl, Arthur Lovers Love the Spring
Friedell, Paul Draw Us in the Spirit s Tether
Gardner, John Brightest and Best
Greshem, Mark I Will Not Leave You Comfortless
Set Me as a Seal
Ives, Charles Turn Ye, Turn Ye
Crossing the Bar
(both of these are accessible works)
Psalm 67
At the River
Circus Band
Memories
Serenity
William Will
Jacob, Gordon Brother James Air
Johnson, Hall Ain t Got Time to Die
Manuel, Ralph Alleluia
Three Pieces
Two Madrigals
Sudden Light
Massengale, John Cusseta
Persichetti, Vincent Mass for Mixed Chorus
Poston, Elizabeth Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree
Rorem, Ned Sing My Soul"
Schuman, William Carols of Death
Perceptions
Sowerby, Leo Eternal Light
Stevens, Halsey Go, Lovely Rose
Thompson, Randall Frostiana
Alleluia
Peaceable Kingdom (individual
movements)
Walker, Gwyneth White Horses
My Love Walks in Velvet
Sounding Joy
Young, Robert Songs of Nature
Three Pieces
Two Madrigals
Sudden Light
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:48:54 -0700
From: Art LaPierre
Subject: American Compilation
Dear Fellow Listers: Though I lurk most of the time, there are moments when
subjects just seem to slip by me. However, I do want to participate in the
"American Compilation" thread. Please forgive my lateness or for not
posting to the correct list. Nonetheless, I can not help but notice that
this particular American 'compilation' did not include, among others, any
of Duke Ellington's choral settings. With all due respect to the, IMHO,
'lesser-named' composers and arrangers listed in the compilation, I find it
curious that not one of Ellington's Sacred Concert settings was mentioned.
Art LaPierre
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